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TIME OF AUSTERITY

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Omar, the son of Khattab reminded the people of the austere life Muslims once led before they became rich and prosperous (during his caliphate) and said, ‘I have known the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, pass days in hunger, even days when he was unable to get some rotten dates to satisfy his hunger.’

Muslim with a chain up to Nu'man, the son of Bashir who related this.